TfT's THE IMAGINARY INVALID Begins Tonight

Théâtre français de Toronto will end its 47th season with Molière's The Imaginary Invalid. Often referred to as the famed playwright's last and funniest play, this comic classic will be presented at the Berkeley Street Theatre May 6 to 24.

An arranged marriage, thwarted love, a greedy stepmother and a bourgeois abused by impostors... such are the ingredients that spur this hilarious satirical comedy.

The wealthy Argan is a housebound, eccentric hypochondriac who fears he's contracted every disease imaginable - always ready to try the newest and most expensive concoctions available to him, prescribed with pleasure, of course, by his physicians and apothecaries. Unfortunately, he is plagued by a pack of incompetent doctors, a gold-digging wife, an insolent maid and a rebellious young daughter who refuses to marry a doctor so he can bankroll his medical bills...

Directed by non-other than Guy Mignault, this new production will remind us that not much has changed in the last 340 years and dream merchants selling everlasting youth and health were just as present then as they are now.

Infused with original music composed by Claude Naubert, this madcap production of Molière's comic classic proves once again that laughter is the best medicine.

Directed by Guy Mignault. With Julie Kim Beaudry, Sébastien Bertrand, Krystel Descary, Bianca Heuvelmans, Djennie Laguerre, Guy Mignault, Christopher Webb and Nicolas Van Burek in the role of Argan.

Music: Claude Naubert; Set Design: Glen Charles Landry; Lighting Design: Alain Richier; Costume Design: Melanie McNeill; Stage Management: Gabriel Dubé